Education(al) research and education policy-making: Is conflict inevitable?

Educational Research and Policy-Making: Exploring the Border Country Between Research and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-18

  Whitty, Geoff ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b College of Teachers ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c British Educational Research Association   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84904162188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203939796     Document Type: Chapter

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